People

Current members

PhotoWhoResearch interests
Michelle Arkin

Michelle Arkin, PhD, Executive Director

Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

[email protected]

chemical biology, protein-protein interactions, screening, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, neglected diseases
SMDC_Charles Hart

Charles Hart, PhD, Director 

Adjunct Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry

[email protected] 

pharmacology, molecular and cell biology, drug discovery and development, human genetics, cancer
Arkin lab _Neitz Jeff

Jeff Neitz, PhD, Associate Director, Chemistry 

Adjunct Professor, Chemistry

[email protected]

synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, neurodegenerative disease, cancer
Amanda P

Amanda Paulson, PhD

Specialist, Informatics

[email protected]

cheminformatics, data science, machine learning for drug discovery, high throughput screening
SmdC Qinghui Wang

Qinghui Wang, PhD 

Specialist 

[email protected]

chemical biology, high-throughput screening, medicinal chemistry, cancer, inflammasome
Arkin lab- Deepthi R

Deepthi Ramesh, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

[email protected]

Medicinal chemistry, Synthetic chemistry, Drug design, Cancer, Virology
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Johanna Virta

[email protected]

cell-based assays, molecular and cellular biology, chemical biology, rare disease, cancer, high-throughput screening, protein-protein interactions
Ninwe Maraha, PhD
Laboratory Manager
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Rebecca Lein
Program Manager
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Former members

WhoFormerlyNow at
Zain AlamJr. SpecialistJr. Scientist, Revolution Medicine
Kenny Ang, PhDSpecialistSenior Scientist, Soley Therapeutics
Clifford Bryant, MSSpecialist 
Mark Burlingame, PhDSpecialistUCSF Mass Spectrometry Facility
Paul BurroughsStaff Research AssociatePhD candidate, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, UCSF
Steven ChenSpecialistProduct Owner, IN Carta, Molecular Devices
Jonathan Choy, PhDGraduate StudentSr. Scientist, Merck, South San Francisco, CA
Julia DaviesSenior Scientist 
Amos Espinosa PhD candidate, Pathology and Momecular Medicine, Yale University
Yao Fan, PhDSpecialistSenior Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim
Allejandra Gallardo-Godoy, PhDSpecialistSenior Researcher, University of Queensland
Brian Hearn, PhDSpecialistAssociate Director, ProLynx LLC, San Francisco
Sarine Markossian, PhDSpecialistLead, Assay Guidance Manual (AGM), National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Connie MerronSpecialistInformatics Specialist, Recombinant Antibody Network, UCSF
Joseph MulvaneySpecialistSenior Software Engineer, Schrödinger, New York, NY
Ayush PatelInternUndergraduate, Biochemistry, UCLA
Grace Pohan Senior Research Associate, Nitrase Therapeutics
Angela ReeseAssociate Specialist 
Jezrael Lafuente RevaldeSpecialistSenior Scientist, Merck & Co. 
Hiroki Shimizu PhDVisiting ScientistResearch Scientist, Daichi Sankyo, Japan
Yinyan Tang, PhDSpecialistScientist, Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA
Chris Wilson, PhDAssociate DirectorPrincipal Scientist, Stealth Mode Biotech